Chapter 11: Gov Stakeholder Flashcards
Business, Government, and Regulation
Fundamental Part of this chapter
How government impacts us
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Extensive federal government regulation of interstate commerce. Created the Interstate Commerce Commission which became the first federal regulatory agency and a model for future agencies.
Trust
An organization that brought all of or most competitors under a common control that then permitted them to eliminate most of the remaining competitors by price-cutting. They would restrict production and raise prices
Sherman Antitrust Act
The first in a series of actions intended to control monopolies in various industries. Outlawed any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade, and it also prohibited the monopolization of any market.
The Sherman Antitrust Act was used to break up which companies
Standard Oil Company, American Tobacco Company
Clayton Antitrust Act
Augmented the Sherman Antitrust Act. Outlawed price discrimination that gave favored buyers preference over others and forbade anti-competitive contracts, whereby a company would agree to sell only to suppliers who agreed not to sell the products of a rival competitor.
Federal Trade Commission
Intended to maintain free and fair competition and to protect consumers from unfair or misleading practices.
Legislation in the New Deal by Franklin Roosevelt
Securities Act of 1933 and Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Securities Act of 1933 and Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Aimed at curbing abuses in the stock market, stabilizing markets, and restoring investor confidence in order to prevent a second depression.
Full Employment Act
The government assuming responsibility for restoring prosperity and promoting economic growth through public works programs.
Sarbanes Oxley Act
Stricter regulation to publicly traded businesses
Two Ethical Systems of Belief
Individualistic ethic of business
Collectivisitc ethic of government
Four Business Beliefs
Individualistic ethic
Maximum concession to self-interest
Minimizing the load of obligations society imposes on the individual (personal freedom)
Emphasizes inequalities of individuals
Four Government Beliefs
Collectivistic ethic
Subordination of individual goals and self-interest to group and group interests
Maximizing the obligations assumed by the individual and discouraging self-interest
Emphasizes equality of individuals
Interaction occurs among which three things
Business
Government
Public
The Government influences Business through
Regulation, taxation, and other forms of persuasion
Business influences the Public through
Advertising and public relations
The Public influences the Government through
Political process, voting, special-interest groups, contributions
The Government influences the Public through
Politicking, Political influence, Public policy formation
The Public influences Business through
Interest Groups, Not Buying Products (the marketplace), Protests
Businesses influence the Government through
Lobbying